out of the river] That is, Nilus, whose inundation if it be deepe, promiseth plentie; if shallow, it threatneth famine; see in what degree of both the observation of Plinie, Annot. on vers. 34. of this Chapter. Thence may both the fat kine signifying fruitfull yeares, and the leane signifying yeares of famine, be fitly said to come out of Nilus; and since the chiefe substance for mans sustenance consists in kine and corne, the yeares both of plentie and of famine are sutably set forth in both kinds.